Show Notes
- free samourai https://billandkeonne.org/
- jade vulnerability https://blog.blockstream.com/jade-security-disclosure/
- california strike loans https://x.com/strike/status/2001341268375568560
- Fold Becomes First Public Bitcoin Financial Services Company to Operate Nationwide Through BitGo’s Federally Chartered Trust Framework https://investor.foldapp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fold-becomes-first-public-bitcoin-financial-services-company
- BRICS | Digital Currency Launched
The BRICS monetary bloc has launched a working prototype of a digital currency known as the “Unit,” backed by a basket of precious metals and BRICS national currencies. The first 100 Units were issued in a pilot led by Russia’s Institute for Economic Strategies. The BRICS bloc includes many authoritarian or hybrid authoritarian regimes that use capital controls, censorship, and financial surveillance to manage dissent. A state-designed, programmable digital currency rail used across multiple authoritarian states could harden those powers. FinancialFreedomReport.org
- BTCPay Server 2.3 https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsr6f4jmfefqjfqhhp0xnn8wk3qdth8zcunj7074vzr0dmaw5u734g38fq45
- pear pass https://x.com/tether_to/status/2001269408296058890
- sats buddy https://github.com/reez/SatsBuddy
- venezuela oil blockade https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-orders-blockade-sanctioned-oil-tankers-leaving-entering-venezuela-2025-12-16/
- director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center was shot to death https://apnews.com/article/mit-shooting-nuno-fg-loureiro-portugal-f310824e354180816c33c9f40c0c5195
3:59 – Opening riff
23:04 – Dahsboard
24:24 – China ban
28:09 – Free Samourai
35:19 – Jade disclosure
39:34 – Strike CA loans
43:24 – Fold
47:54 – HRF Story of the Week
52:29 – Saylor quantum
1:06:54 – Boosts
1:08:19 – Software updates
1:21:59 – Venezuela blockade
1:36:19 – MIT prof murder
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